[Hiring] Lead Software Engineer II – Java & Python @Best Egg

Role Description

The Lead Software Engineer II plays an important role in building and enhancing engineering solutions across the organization. This role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, high-quality software while contributing to technical discussions, improving engineering practices, and supporting team execution. You will work closely with senior engineers and architects to implement scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.

What You Will Do

• Technical Delivery & Engineering Excellence
  • Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally.
  • Work closely with senior leaders to shape solutions.
  • Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns.
  • Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience.
• Cloud Engineering & Operational Support
  • Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS.
  • Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers.
  • Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.
  • Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability.
• Team Collaboration & Mentorship
  • Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions.
  • Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.

What Success Looks Like

• In the first 90 days:
  • Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals.
  • Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams.
• In 6–12 months:
  • Co-ownership of core components or services.
  • Co-lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy.
  • Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 4 - 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development experience with Java and Python.
• Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices.
• Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership.
• Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates.

Who You Are

You are a hands-on engineer who enjoys building reliable systems and helping others grow. You are collaborative, curious, and proactive in improving both the product and the engineering process. You balance solid technical judgment with the willingness to dive into details. You’re motivated by delivering value, enhancing system quality, and contributing steadily to a strong engineering culture.

Compensation

$100,000 - $135,000 a year. In addition to semi-monthly salary payments, this position is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance. Yearly incentive bonus target 20% of base salary.

Benefits

• Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program.
• Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays.
• Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options.
• Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts.
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs.
• Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!